Procedure Of Upgrading/ Updating Lp Firmware - Hitachi Compute Blade Series Update Manual

Procedure of upgrading/ updating LP firmware

Flows of version upgrade and revision update by means of HVM Navigator are shown below,
where solid boxes with green background indicate steps commonly applicable to version
upgrade and revision update while dotted boxes with blue background indicate steps unique to
version upgrade.
*1: It is unnecessary to input "version up key" when updating a revision.
*2: Version Upgrade License Key is not needed when using LP firmware
version 59-3x/79-3x or later and HVM Navigator version V03-02 or later.
2-2 Dynamic Version Upgrade / Revision Update by HVM Navigator
Hitachi Compute Blade Logical partitioning manager Version Upgrade / Revision Update Guide
Flow of version upgrade
Prepare of HVM navigator
Obtain LP Version Upgrade
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License Key*
Obtain LP firmware
Perform firmware update
Back up of the Configuration
and reboot
Save the configuration
Shut down LPAR manager
Backup the configuration
Boot LPAR manager
Re-save the configuration
LPAR manager time settings
Flow of revision update
Prepare HVM navigator
Obtain LP firmware
Perform firmware update*
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